| Stoke City | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Fox | 1 | Les Sealey | ||
| 2 | Steve Bould | 2 | Danny Thomas | ||
| 3 | Peter Hampton | 3 | Brian Roberts | ||
| 4 | Paul Bracewell | 4 | Peter Hormantschuk | ||
| S1 | 5 | Brendan O'Callaghan | 5 | Ian Butterworth | |
| 6 | Paul Maguire | 6 | Gary Gillespie | ||
| 7 | Ian Painter | 7 | Steve Whitton | ||
| 8 | Sammy McIlroy | 8 | Gerry Francis | ||
| 9 | Peter Griffiths | 9 | Mark Hateley | ||
| 10 | Mickey Thomas | 10 | John Hendrie | ||
| 11 | Mark Chamberlain | 11 | Steve Hunt | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Phil Heath | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ritchie Barker | Bobby Gould | ||||